Distributed knowledge bases in lowand medium-technology industries

Innovation in Low-Tech Firms and Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-117

  Robertson, Paul L ^a   Smith, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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